The Future of Public Safety

Join us to examine the future of public safety. We will explore how policing can be best situated within the broader social services ecosystem and apply a human rights approach centred on the inherent dignity of all. 

There will be roundtable discussions as well as keynote presentations from: 

NATHALIE DES ROSIERS is Principal of Massey College, Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and a Senior Fellow of Trinity College. From 2016-19, she was MPP, Ottawa-Vanier and Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. Prior to politics, she was Dean of Law, Common Law, University of Ottawa, General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, VP, Governance, University of Ottawa, Dean of Law, Civil Law and President of the Law Commission of Canada. She co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Canadian Constitutional Law with Peter Oliver and Patrick Macklem. and has written extensively on civil liberties, human rights and law reform, focusing her work on the right to protest and freedom of expression. Her early work on limitations of action for sexual violence changed Canadian law in the '90s. She wrote L’indemnisation des victimes de violence sexuelle et conjugale with Louise Langevin and Marie-Pier Nadeau.

Nathalie has received the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, honorary doctorates from Université UCL (Belgium) and the Law Society of Ontario, le Prix Christine Tourigny (Barreau du Québec), the Law Society Medal from the Law Society of Ontario and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

PETER SLOLY is the founder and CEO of Sloly Solutions Inc. providing strategic advice to governments, private sector organizations and public sector agencies to help them achieve differentiated outcomes that contribute to smarter safer cities, and more inclusive just societies. Peter has enjoyed three successful but different careers as a professional athlete, a partner at a professional services firm, and as a police officer who rose through the ranks to become Chief of Police. His is an expert in the areas of security convergence, police/justice modernization, community safety, and well-being. Peter is a Massey College Visiting Fellow, recently appointed as “Change Maker in Residence” in recognition of his extensive expertise and experience leading organizational and cultural change and his life-long role as a champion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.

Peter has travelled to five continents and more than 50 countries including participation in international development missions and two tours of duty in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo. He is a recipient of the UN and Canadian Peacekeeping Medals and invested as an "Officer of the Order of Merit" (Police Forces) by the Governor General of Canada. Peter is a graduate of the FBI’s “National Academy” and a graduate of the Canadian Forces College “National Strategic Security Studies” program. Born in Jamaica, he now lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children. Peter’s personal motto is “others before self, compassion for all”.

ERIN KELLY is the CEO and co-founder of Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI), a company that uses Artificial Intelligence for public opinion research. 

ASI’s patented AI, named “Polly”, is the A.I. for unbiased and instantaneous public opinion research, as the only company in the world that can produce randomized, controlled, statistically valid sample populations on social media for audience research.

Polly catapulted to fame in 2016 after correctly predicting both BREXIT and the Trump election and is well known globally for her work in PR, advertising and message promotion and product research. Polly was featured in the award-winning documentary Margin of Error, which profiles the predictive power of AI and has been shown to audiences throughout North America and Western Europe.

Erin is frequently called on by national and international media for her insights into AI and its future impacts on society. She is a published author of two books on technology and marketing, a past recipient of the Forty Under 40 award for business leaders.

DALE MCFEE is the Police Chief for the Edmonton Police Service. Prior to this role, he served as Deputy Minister of Corrections and Policing in the Ministry of Justice for the Government of Saskatchewan and Senior Deputy Minister. Dale served as a police officer for 26 years in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, including 9 years as Chief of Police for the Prince Albert Police Service. 

Dale has considerable small to mid-size business experience and lectured extensively on leadership and change management nationally and internationally. He is a former member of Entrepreneurs International and served as moderator for groups of business leaders within Saskatchewan.

Dale is past President of the Canadian Association Chief’s of Police, a former Chair of the Federal Provincial Deputy Ministers and former Co-Chair of CCJA within Stats Canada. He has received several commendations including Officer within the Order of Merit (Police Services) from the Governor General of Canada, a provincial policing leadership award for Leadership in Multi-Agency Community Mobilization, and a former citizen of the year within his home community.

ALINA TURNER is a distinguished expert in social systems planning and integration policy and the transformation of the social safety net. Drawing on her 20-year career in the human services and more recently as CEO of HelpSeeker Technologies, Turner will highlight novel approaches that can be harnessed to support the integration of policing within the human services ecosystem and promote community safety and well-being.

As a Fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, Turner is committed to developing sustainable, effective, and equitable solutions through actionable social systems planning and integration. Turner advocates for reimagining policing in light of these trends and embracing innovative, forward-thinking approaches from a social determinants of safety lens.

DENISE ANDREA CAMPBELL is Executive Director of the Social Development, Finance and Administration Division at the City of Toronto where she leads a team of community developers, funders, youth workers, researchers and policy writers to help make Toronto a safer, more equitable and just city.

Among acclaimed social equity work like the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism and the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy, Denise and her team launched the ground-breaking Toronto Community Crisis Service as part of Toronto's Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan, SafeTO.

Before joining the City of Toronto, Denise worked internationally on race and gender policies in numerous United Nations Forums and the African Union, and nationally, developing equity and community investment strategies. She's received numerous awards including Who’s Who in Black Canada, Women of Distinction and Harry Jerome Awards for leadership and service, and in 2021,was named one of Toronto Life's most influential Torontonians.

Denise is an avid media spokesperson, a former TV/documentary host, and an author and photographer. Her most challenging role came in 2018 with the birth of her twin boys, Zander and Zion with her husband, His Worship, Justice of the Peace, Bentley Springer.

Agenda

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast

9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. - Welcome & Overview from Principal Nathalie Des Rosiers & Peter Sloly

9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - "Ask Polly" AI Presentation – Erin Kelly, CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc.

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - Keynote Presentation Q&A – Chief Dale McFee, Edmonton Police

11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - Break

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Town Hall moderated by Peter Sloly

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Lunch & Keynote – “Social Impact Audits” by HelpSeeker CEO, Alina Turner

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Keynote Presentation Q&A – Denise Campbell, Executive Director, City of Toronto

2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Break

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Town Hall moderated by Peter Sloly

4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Wrap Up

• Ask Polly AI Analysis – Erin Kelly
• Symposium #2 Preview – Peter Sloly
• Closing & Vote of Appreciation – Nathalie Des Rosiers

4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Wine & Cheese Social Reception in the Upper Library (main floor)

Registration

FREE (By Invitation Only)